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Tag Archives: Abacusspiele
Chris Wray: Quick Thoughts on 10 More Essen Games
I’ll begin churning out reviews soon, but I’ve enjoyed playing more than 50 Spiel ’17 titles since the end of October. I wrote a list a few weeks ago with quick thoughts on 10 Essen games, and this is a … Continue reading
Posted in Essen 2017, Reviews
Tagged 2F-Spiele, Abacusspiele, Agricola, AMIGO, Blue Orange, CGE, Czech Games Edition, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Finished!, Iello, Kingdomino, Lookout Games, Matagot, Mayfair, Meeple Circus, Memoarrr!, Noria, Pegasus Spiele, Puslar 2849, Queendomino, Sticky Chameleons, Stronghold Games, Zooloretto Duell
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Chris Wray: My Essen 2017 Most Anticipated List
Spiel (Essen) 2017 is less than two weeks away, and I’ve been reading rulebooks and combing through Eric Martin’s oh-so-amazing Spiel ’17 Preview on BGG. As in past years, I’ll be doing coverage from the fair for The Opinionated Gamers … Continue reading
Posted in Convention Report, Essen 2017
Tagged 2F-Spiele, 7 Wonders, 7 Wonders Anniversary Packs, Abacusspiele, Altiplano, AMIGO, Azul, Bezier Games, Blue Orange, Charterstone, Claim, days of wonder, dlp games, Druids, Edition Spielwiese, Eggertspiele, Fabled Fruit, Fabled Fruit The Lime Expansion, Fryx Games, Hans im Glück, Heaven & Ale, Indian Summer, Majesty for the Realm, Mayfair Games, Middle Ages, NMBR 9, NMBR 9 Extra Tiles, Noria, Nusfjord, Plan B Games, Power Grid, Power Grid Fabled Expansion, Queendomino, Repos Production, Schmidt Spiele, Stonemaier Games, Stronghold Games, Tagiron, Terraforming Mars, Terraforming Mars Venus Next, The Palace of Mad King Ludwig, Ticket to Ride France, Ticket to Ride Old West, VooDoo Prince, Z-Man Games
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The Many Versions of Hanabi
In honor of the Fourth of July, I wanted to post about my favorite fireworks-themed game, Hanabi. Hanabi has been in my personal top 10 for the past couple of years, and it is one of only two games (the … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Abacusspiele, Antoine Bauza, Cocktail Games, Fireworks, Fourth of July, Hanabi, Hanabi & Ikebana, Les XII Singles, R&R Games
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Chris’s Gathering: Friday/Saturday
This is my first year at the Gathering of Friends, and I figured I’d do quick reviews of games I played, plus write a bit about the experience. I’ve played a number of new games over the past couple of … Continue reading
Royals
Design by Peter Hawes Published by Abacus Spiel 2 – 5 Players, 1 – 1 ½ hours Review by Greg J. Schloesser Many years ago I had the opportunity to play Peter Dawes’ excellent prototype Heads of State. I was … Continue reading
Chris Wray: What I Enjoyed Playing in March 2019
This is the March entry for my series where I post five games I enjoyed playing in the past month that I didn’t have time to do full reviews of. As always, I limit it to five titles, of which … Continue reading →